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paxdiablo
paxdiablo

Reputation: 881403

Is there any statistical data on the most common Android version on tablets?

I am aware of the following link (here), which shows the up-to-date coverage on the various Android versions (what ratio of devices out there are running the various levels). However, it covers Android as a whole, on both phones and tablets.

I'm wondering if there's a similar thing for tablets only. I have an application which makes sense only for a certain screen size and phones don't really cut it. So I'm looking for the best version of Android to target for tablets only.

If the info is not available, I'll probably have to go for 2.3.3, based on the link above, but I'd prefer some hard data since I suspect the most common tablet version is likely to be skewed towards later versions (due to their more recent appearance and capabilities).

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3741

Answers (2)

Warpzit
Warpzit

Reputation: 28152

Google doesn't provide what you are asking for as they don't differentiate on tablets and phones. If you are going to have any chance finding something like this you have to go through the major brands of tablets and see what versions they support. I don't know if flurry or some other data source might have gathered such information but I highly doubt it.

Edit: I found this link. Based on the data we could calculate the most popular version.

Kindle 36% = 2.3

Samsung galaxy tab 36% = Stock 2.2, upgrade 2.3

Asus transformer 7% = upgrade 4.x

Acer 7% = Different version, many above 2.3

Motorola = Above 2.3

Other 10% = unknown

And these data is from January 2012

Upvotes: 1

paulsm4
paulsm4

Reputation: 121649

You might also wish to look at these comparisons:

Upvotes: 2

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